Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 8 weeks, 3 days.

Prison

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	5959	10977–12079–43	47.6	277	2555
Prison	105	194–212	47.8	4	52
Enchantress	79	154–165	48.3	3	37

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–46	54.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–13	45.8
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	14–10	58.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–4	42.9
Mono White Humans	4–1	80.0
Elves	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	5–4	55.6
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	3–2	60.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Permanent Vacation	0–2	0.0
Combo	37–52	41.6
Storm	9–11	45.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–6	14.3
Izzet Storm	7–2	77.8
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Warp World	1–5	16.7
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Boros Glimpse	0–5	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Unctus	0–3	0.0
Dredge	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	4–5	44.4
Actual Twin	7–9	43.8
Izzet Twin	6–9	40.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	26–34	43.3
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–11	38.9
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–5	44.4
Prison	5–5	50.0
Enchantress	5–5	50.0
Aggro-Combo	23–16	59.0
Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–3	57.1
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–15	42.3
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Librarians	3–3	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	7–9	43.8
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	0–2	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–3	62.5
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–33	47.6
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	3–8	27.3
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	2–7	22.2
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Angels	3–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–4	20.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Nissa Company	0–1	0.0
Wight Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund Wight	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–6	33.3
Greenpost	0–4	0.0
Gruul Post	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0